A Lesson in Thorns by Sierra SimoneFrom the author of the USA Today bestselling Priest and New Camelot series comes a high heat, gothic, dark academia fairy tale full of lantern lit rituals, foggy moors, and obsessions that last for a lifetime. Twelve years ago, she left Thornchapeland the two boys she gave her heart tobehind. Now, Proserpina Markham has returned, hopefuland wary. Because its so very easy to be drawn back into the world of the seductive and elegant Auden Guestand into

and now he wants more

she smiles

When her father's new employee starts hanging around

I thought I had it all

and being in the public eye is her bread and butter

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But with his lodge on the verge of failing and this sweet-smelling omega his only hope to turn things around

Peter’s siblings run rampant on Bond Street

What I didn't anticipate

A top read for me this year

tension builds

Lights Out is a fast-paced dark romance with a morally gray male lead